roger steffens was writing the book (pre publication title: old fire sticks i believe) but got totally disenchanted with bunny wavering on whether he actually wanted it to go to press. this new thing sounds kind of interested but im confused as to what it actually is.

The last living Wailer, Bunny Livingston, has self-produced a 7 cd
Wailers Legacy box set, designed to look like the Ark of the Covenant. It
contains three discs of Bunny reading a history he wrote of the Wailers
career. Four discs trace his career from Coxson through the beginning of
Island. Only 500 numbered copies have been pressed. They are exclusively available for $70 through our fellow RAWster, the estimable Doctor Dread
himself at:

and he could go someway to getting some of that money by making sure his classic Ja only singles are available again to the Reggae massive. I imagine this move would probably get Bunny more money than the limited talkie box set.

and he could go someway to getting some of that money by making sure his classic Ja only singles are available again to the Reggae massive. I imagine this move would probably get Bunny more money than the limited talkie box set.

well maybe you can give him a call and tell him that.

what i'm telling you is that he has been approached -- more than once -- and that the advance he wants for a reissue project has made the whole thing cost-prohibitive/unattractive to reissue labels. otherwise it would have been done already